FY 2011 Grantees
Artist Initiative
Project grants for artists at all stages of their careers, to support artistic development, nurture artistic creativity, and recognize the contributions individual artists make to the creative environment of the state of Minnesota
Awards grouped below by discipline.
Dance
| Number of grants awarded |
5 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 49,600 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Denise Armstead, Saint Paul | $ 9,600 |
| Joe Chvala, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Kats D Fukasawa, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Ashwini Ramaswamy, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Kenna Sarge, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
Media Arts
| Number of grants awarded |
9 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 79,700 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Hisham Bizri, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Kiera Faber, Saint Joseph | $ 6,500 |
| Nathan Fisher, Saint Louis Park | $ 9,800 |
| Sayer Frey, Minneapolis | $ 9,700 |
| Albert Milgrom, Minneapolis | $ 4,900 |
| Amalia Nicholson, Minneapolis | $ 8,800 |
| Kevin Obsatz, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Justin Schell, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Norah Shapiro, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
Music
| Number of grants awarded |
23 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 196,186 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| James Allen, Minneapolis | $ 8,850 |
| Jim Anton, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Kovan Baldwin, Minneapolis | $ 4,800 |
| Elizabeth Barnes, Richfield | $ 10,000 |
| Philip Blackburn, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Valeng Cha, Saint Paul | $ 4,000 |
| Mary Ellen Childs, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Eric Christopher, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Julie Elhard, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Connie Evingson, Minneapolis | $ 2,706 |
| Paula Gudmundson, Vadnais Heights | $ 3,900 |
| Kari Musil, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Jack Klatt, Minneapolis | $ 8,800 |
| George Maurer, Minneapolis | $ 8,830 |
| Ann Millikan, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Chantel SinGs, Burnsville | $ 8,000 |
| Ann Reed, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Michael Sawyer, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Kim Sueoka, Saint Paul | $ 8,700 |
| Neal Swanger, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Fres Thao, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Brian Wicklund, Marine on Saint Croix | $ 10,000 |
| Ying Zhang, Minneapolis | $ 7,600 |
Photography
| Number of grants awarded |
15 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 134,700 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Amy Anderson, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Beth Dow, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Peter Eide, Minnetonka | $ 10,000 |
| Anna Eveslage, Minneapolis | $ 9,500 |
| Linda Gammell, Saint Paul | $ 7,200 |
| Lindsay Kaplan, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Colleen Mullins, Minneapolis | $ 8,800 |
| Becky Olstad, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Timothy Piotrowski, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Sarah Rust Sampedro, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Sean Smuda, Minneapolis | $ 5,000 |
| Carrie Elizabeth Thompson, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Lex Thompson, Minneapolis | $ 5,200 |
| Tom Wik, Minneapolis | $ 9,000 |
| Petronella Ytsma, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
Poetry
| Number of grants awarded |
11 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 88,300 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Naomi Cohn, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Patrick Cabello Hansel, Minneapolis | $ 7,000 |
| Sean Hill, Bemidji | $ 5,000 |
| Roseann Lloyd, Minneapolis | $ 2,900 |
| Emily Lloyd, Minneapolis | $ 9,400 |
| Michelle Matthees, Duluth | $ 10,000 |
| Ethna McKiernan, Minneapolis | $ 9,000 |
| Anh-Hoa Nguyen, Maplewood | $ 10,000 |
| Matt Rasmussen, Robbinsdale | $ 5,000 |
| Lynette Reini-Grandell, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Bryan Thao Worra, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
Prose
| Number of grants awarded |
19 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 157,550 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Lesley Arimah, Mankato | $ 7,500 |
| Kelly Barnhill, Minneapolis | $ 9,950 |
| Heather Bouwman, Saint Paul | $ 5,900 |
| Anika Fajardo, Minneapolis | $ 6,800 |
| Gwyn Fallbrooke, Minneapolis | $ 8,400 |
| Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Saint Paul | $ 6,200 |
| Susan Carol Hauser, Puposky | $ 10,000 |
| Nicole Helget, North Mankato | $ 10,000 |
| Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Kate Ledger, Saint Paul | $ 5,500 |
| Brian Malloy, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Edward McPherson, Minneapolis | $ 5,800 |
| Margaret Miles, Minneapolis | $ 8,600 |
| Mai Neng Moua, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Cole Perry, Bovey | $ 5,000 |
| Dominic Saucedo, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Lisa M. Bolt Simons, Faribault | $ 8,900 |
| Richard Terrill, New Hope | $ 10,000 |
| Morgan Willow, Minneapolis | $ 9,000 |
Theater
| Number of grants awarded |
13 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 119,200 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Eva Barr, Wykoff | $ 7,500 |
| Julie Boada, Minneapolis | $ 8,000 |
| Nancy Donoval, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Aaron Gabriel, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Chris Griffith, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| John Heimbuch, Minneapolis | $ 9,500 |
| Barbara Kingsley, Saint Paul Park | $ 10,000 |
| Margo McCreary, Minneapolis | $ 7,080 |
| Rachel Perlmeter, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Annie Rollins, Minneapolis | $ 8,520 |
| Peter Rothstein, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Luverne Seifert, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Candy Simmons, Minneapolis | $ 8,600 |
Visual Arts
| Number of grants awarded |
52 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 447,150 |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Kjellgren Alkire, Roseville | $ 10,000 |
| Felice Amato, Saint Paul | $ 9,500 |
| Laura Andrews, Minneapolis | $ 6,900 |
| Christine Baeumler, Saint Paul | $ 8,850 |
| Loretta Bebeau, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| David Bowen, Duluth | $ 9,300 |
| Julie Buffalohead, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Andrea Carlson, Minneapolis | $ 6,700 |
| Pritika Chowdhry, Madison | $ 10,000 |
| Morgan Clifford, Stillwater | $ 6,000 |
| Laura Corcoran, Saint Paul | $ 7,500 |
| Davie Duke, Minneapolis | $ 9,500 |
| Brad Durham, Minneapolis | $ 3,000 |
| John Fleischer, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Douglas Freeman, Minneapolis | $ 8,800 |
| Gita Ghei, Saint Paul | $ 2,900 |
| Laura Hallen, Minneapolis | $ 8,400 |
| Christopher Held, Minneapolis | $ 9,550 |
| Lauren Herzak-Bauman, Minneapolis | $ 8,600 |
| Alison Hiltner, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Laddavanh Insixiengmay, Brooklyn Park | $ 9,800 |
| Tom Jaszczak, Hopkins | $ 9,150 |
| Michael Kareken, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Caroline Kent, Minneapolis | $ 9,100 |
| Janet Lobberecht, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Amanda Lovelee, Minneapolis | $ 6,000 |
| Oskar Ly, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Mary Jane Mansfield, Minneapolis | $ 3,400 |
| Roderick Massey, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Andy Messerschmidt, Ely | $ 10,000 |
| Ernest Miller, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Aldo Moroni, Jr., Minneapolis | $ 2,700 |
| Lisa Nankivil, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Carey Netherton, Minneapolis | $ 9,000 |
| Trever Nicholas, Saint Paul | $ 10,000 |
| Kimber Olson, Eden Prairie | $ 10,000 |
| Allison Pegoraro, Little Canada | $ 10,000 |
| Drew Peterson, Minneapolis | $ 8,000 |
| Jim Proctor, Minneapolis | $ 6,000 |
| Kimberlee Roth, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Chad Rutter, Minneapolis | $ 9,000 |
| Joshua Sarantitis, Saint Paul | $ 8,500 |
| Cecilia Schiller, Saint Paul | $ 8,800 |
| Stephen Shaskan, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Aaron Spangler, Park Rapids | $ 10,000 |
| David Petersen, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| David Swenson, Minneapolis | $ 7,300 |
| Angela Talle, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Kao Lee Thao, Savage | $ 5,650 |
| Peter Haakon Thompson, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Randy Walker, Minneapolis | $ 10,000 |
| Gwen Westerman, Good Thunder | $ 9,250 |
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